Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia to Strengthen
Energy Cooperation

Feb 11, 2008 - Xinhua

Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia were planning to promote
cooperation in the electricity and energy domains,
the Egyptian MENA news agency reported on Saturday.

On the sidelines of the 23rd session of the Arab
electricity ministers council's executive bureau,
the electricity ministers of the three countries probed
ways to strengthen cooperation in this respect as
a technical and economic feasibility study on the
electricity grid between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has
been completed,according to Egyptian Minister of Electricity
and Energy Hassan Younes.

With the completion of the Egyptian-Saudi Arabia
power grid, Egypt would have reached integrated power
grids with the majority of Arab states including Syria,
Jordan and Libya which are expected to be linked up
with Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, Younes
said.

After that, Saudi Arabia will be linked up with the
Gulf and Yemen, he added.

On Thursday, the Arab electricity ministers probed
the topic of Arab power linkage as a booster to integration
among Arab countries.